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Title:Cape Ann
Artist:Leon Kroll (American, New York 1884–1974 Gloucester, Massachusetts)
Date:1934–35
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:30 x 48 in. (76.2 x 121.9 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:George A. Hearn Fund, 1935
Object Number:35.65
Inscription: Signed (lower right): Leon Kroll
the artist, New York (until 1935; sold through the National Academy of Design, New York to MMA)
New York. National Academy of Design. "One Hundred and Tenth Annual Exhibition," March 13–April 9, 1935, no. 218 (awarded the Altman Prize).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Contemporary American Paintings from the Museum's Collection," May 8, 1939–January 1, 1940, no catalogue.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts. "American Paintings Since Sargent, Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art," October 4–31, 1940, brochure no. 22.
WPA Art Center, Jacksonville, Fla. "Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 1–31, 1941, no catalogue.
Mexico City. Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," June 12–July 9, 1941, unnumbered cat. (p. 68).
Santiago. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," September 6–October 5, 1941, unnumbered cat.
Lima. Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," November 5–30, 1941, unnumbered cat.
Quito. Universidad Central de Ecuador. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," December 1941, unnumbered cat.
New York. Organized by the MMA Education Department, unknown venue. "School Service Lending Collections exhibition," opened September 10, 1942.
Winter Park, Fla. Rollins College. January 25–April 10, 1945.
Hempstead, N.Y. Hofstra College. "The Arts Come to Hempstead," May 6–13, 1945, unnumbered cat.
New York. Kennedy Galleries. "The Hundredth Anniversary Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures by 100 Artists Associated with the Art Students League of New York," March 6–29, 1975.
Fort Lauderdale Museum of the Arts. "Leon Kroll (1884–1974): Paintings 1910–1960," January 9–February 24, 1980, no. 28.
Salem, Mass. Peabody Essex Museum. "Painting Summer in New England," April 22–September 4, 2006, unnumbered cat. (pl. 73).
"Painting Acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art." New York Times (March 21, 1935), p. 26.
"16 Art Works Win Prizes of Academy." New York Times (March 9, 1935), p. 17, ill.
"Prize Winning Pictures in the 110th Exhibition of the National Academy of Design." New York Times (March 10, 1935), p. RP5, ill.
"Notes: Contemporary American Paintings." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 30 (May 1935), p. 117.
"Academy Shows Pictures Bought by Metropolitan." New York Herald Tribune (March 21, 1935), p. 5.
Edward Alden Jewell. "Kroll Landscapes and Figures Seen." New York Times (April 23, 1935), p. 19.
"In the Academy Annual." New York Times (March 24, 1935), p. X7.
"Prizes and Medals Are Awarded In Academy's Annual Exhibition." Art News 33 (March 16, 1935), p. 6.
"Paintings Bought by Metropolitan." Art News 33 (March 30, 1935), p. 12.
"Kroll's Sketches." Art Digest 9 (May 1, 1935), p. 13.
"New York Criticism: The Rebirth of Leon Kroll." Art Digest 9 (May 15, 1935), p. 18.
"Liberal Artists Win Honors at Academy Show." New York Herald Tribune (March 9, 1935), p. 9.
Royal Cortissoz. "National Academy In Admirable Form." New York Herald Tribune (March 17, 1935), p. D10, ill.
"Out of China and America. Recent Work by Leon Kroll." New York Herald Tribune (April 28, 1935), p. D10.
"Presenting the Wide World in Pictures: Pictorial News of the World." Lancaster New Era (March 9, 1935), p. 14.
"Bay State Artists Are Prize Winners: Kroll's 'Cape Ann' Gets Major Academy Award." Boston Globe (March 9, 1935), p. 7.
"Prizes Awarded by Academy of Design." Gazette and Daily (York, Penn.) (March 12, 1935), p. 12.
"Win Honors at Art Academy." Portsmouth Herald (March 19, 1935), p. 3.
Helen Appleton Read. "Rehabilitating the National Academy—Among the Current Art Exhibitions." Brooklyn Daily Eagle (March 17, 1935), p. C5, ill.
"On the Local Horizons." New York Times (June 21, 1936), p. X7.
Carlyle Burrows. "Hearn Paintings at the Metropolitan." New York Herald Tribune (May 30, 1937), p. E6.
"FSCW to Sponsor Exhibit of Art at Jacksonville." Tallahassee Democrat (February 27, 1941), p. 10.
Leon Kroll (American, New York 1884–1974 Gloucester, Massachusetts)
1933–34
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